Kobe isn't playing amazing, he's hogging. He's averaging a league high 24 shots a game and I've seen him take 30-31 shots in a game. He SHOULD be averaging 40 PPG with those insane amount of shots per game.

Kobe isn't playing amazing, he's hogging. He's averaging a league high 24 shots a game and I've seen him take 30-31 shots in a game. He SHOULD be averaging 40 PPG with those insane amount of shots per game.

Yes but when he shoots 28+ shots per game, he usually shoots around 47%-50% from the field. As a coach you can't and won't complain about shooting that many shots, when you hit percentages like that.

Not to mention that Bynum and Gasol are shooting around 52% from the field. (The only other two who deserve shots.) But they can't draw a defense like Kobe.
They're still getting their's though, so you can't really say Kobe's keeping his good teammates from being good. If anything, he allows them to operate much more efficiently by constantly demanding attention on the perimeter.

He's averaging 24 shots per game, and thats right around what Jordan was averaging throughout his career. (at one point, Jordan averaged 28 shots per game.)

AND the Lakers are #1 in their Division, and playing great basketball.